Andy Murray's Wimbledon win leads to reunion for Duke of Kent

The Duke of Kent was reunited with his friend Dame Mitsuko Uchida, the
classical pianist, as he watched the men’s final at Wimbledon.

Andy Murray had few more energetic cheerleaders at Wimbledon than the Duke of Kent. The president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has, however, another great passion in music.

Accordingly, the men’s finals must have been the perfect day for the Queen’s cousin – he had at his side the flamboyantly spectacled Dame Mitsuko Uchida, the renowned classical pianist. The two have been friends for many years. Mandrake well recalls how the Duke led a standing ovation for the frisky ambassador’s daughter from Atami, near Tokyo, when she performed at the Royal Festival Hall.

Wedding bells

The sun shone on Florence Brudenell-Bruce, Prince Harry’s former flame, when she married Henry St George, her long-term banker boyfriend, over the weekend.

The 27-year-old lingerie model first courted St George in 2008, and then went on to enjoy a brief romance with Prince Harry in 2011. After her romance with the young royal cooled, she reunited with her former love St George, the son of the late financier Edward St George, and he proposed to her in New York over the New Year. Guests at the private wedding, which took place on Saturday, included the socialite Poppy Delevingne.

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